US Supreme Court TPS Ruling Expected Late June — ~350,000 Haitian TPS Holders Await Outcome Amid Ongoing Deportation Threat

As of May 21, 2026, approximately 350,000 Haitian nationals in the United States holding Temporary Protected Status (TPS) — plus approximately 87,000 US-born children of TPS holders — continued to await the US Supreme Court's ruling in the consolidated cases Noem v. Doe / Trump v. Miot, following April 29 oral arguments. The Court's conservative 6-3 majority had appeared to signal deference to the Trump administration, with multiple justices questioning whether courts have authority to review TPS termination decisions under the statute's non-reviewability clause. A ruling is expected in late June or early July 2026. The Haitian transitional government has formally requested that the US halt deportations, citing the active security crisis (90%+ gang control of Port-au-Prince, 1.5M+ internally displaced, MSF hospital closed in Cité Soleil). On April 16, the US House passed bipartisan legislation 224–204 requiring TPS extension through 2029; the Trump administration threatened a veto and Senate Republicans pledged to block it. Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) separately introduced legislation on April 23 to repeal TPS entirely and give all holders 60 days to depart. Haitian TPS holders contribute nearly $6 billion annually to the US economy per CNN Business. Their remittances — already declining as a share of Haiti's GDP — represent a critical lifeline for families in an economy contracting at -2.4% annually. Any mass deportation to Haiti would coincide with 30,000+ newly displaced from the current Cité Soleil violence wave and 6.4 million in acute food insecurity.